Screening Urine with a Leukocyte Esterase Strip and Subsequent Chlamydial Testing of Asymptomatic Men Attending Primary Care Practitioners

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The detection of asymptomatic urethritis using a leukocyte esterase (LE) strip may have a role in primary care screening to select men who need diagnostic testing for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae. STUDY DESIGN: Eight-hundred and eighty-two men, 16 to 35 years of age were studied when they attended their family physician or university health clinic for nongenitourinary complaints. First void urine …